Entering Text Using Voice Input; Editing Text - Sony Xperia Z2 User Manual

To change the Gesture input settings
1
When the on-screen keyboard is displayed, tap
2 , then tap Keyboard settings .
Tap
3
To activate or deactivate the Gesture input function, drag the slider beside
Gesture input to the on or off position.
To enter text using the Gesture input function
1
When the on-screen keyboard is displayed, slide your finger from letter to letter
to trace the word that you want to write.
2
After you finish entering a word, lift up your finger. A word suggestion appears
based on the letters that you have traced.
3
If the word that you want does not appear, tap
select accordingly. If the desired option does not appear, delete the entire word
and trace it again, or enter the word by tapping each letter individually.

Entering text using voice input

When you enter text, you can use the voice input function instead of typing the
words. Just speak the words that you want to enter. Voice input is an experimental
technology from Google™, and is available for a number of languages and regions.
To enable voice input
1
When the on-screen keyboard is displayed, tap
2 , then tap Keyboard settings .
Tap
3 Drag the slider beside Google™ voice typing key to the right.
4
Tap to save your settings. A microphone icon
screen keyboard.
To enter text using voice input
1
Open the on-screen keyboard.
2
Tap . When appears, speak to enter text.
3
When you're finished, tap
4
Edit the text manually if necessary.
To make the keyboard appear and enter text manually, tap

Editing text

You can select, cut, copy and paste text as you write. You can access the editing
options by double-tapping the entered text. The editing options then become
available via an application bar.
Application bar
The following actions are available on the selected text:
• Cut
• Copy
• Paste
• Share
• Select all
The Paste option only appears when you have text saved on the clipboard.
To select text
1
Enter some text, then double-tap the text. The word you tap gets highlighted
by tabs on both sides.
2
Drag the tabs left or right to select more text.
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